British culture

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 1

Today

- Introduction to British culture

- writing exercise 

What do you consider
to be typically British?

Let's start....

with some general facts about the UK.

- Watch the video;

- Answer the questions on the board after;

- Some answers are not in the video.

Northern Ireland is part of Great Britain

1. True
2. False

Britain is a

1. Democracy
2. Dictatorship
3. Monarchy
4. Republic

Who was the longest serving Prime Minister of the UK?

1. Margaret Thatcher
2. Boris Johnson
3. David Cameron
4. Nicola Sturgeon

Who is the current Prime Minister of the UK?

1. Boris Johnson
2. Liz Truss
3. Rishi Sunak
4. Theresa May

What is the British Flag called?

1. Union George
2. The Cross
3. Rule Britania
4. Union Jack

What do you call de "2e Kamer" in Britain

1. House of Commons
2. Room Two
3. Lower House
4. Government

What do you call de "1e Kamer" in Britain?

1. House of Rule
2. The First Room
3. House of Lords
4. Cabinette

Where do these two meet?

1. Houses of Parliament
2. The White House
3. Palace of Westminster
4. Downing Street

Symbols of the UK

Drag the flags and symbols to the correct country / region

England

Wales

Scotland

Northern Ireland

What language family is spoken in Wales

1. Gaelic
2. Celtic
3. Latin
4. Nordic

In which city is the King's Guard present?

1. Windsor
2. Endinburgh
3. Bath
4. London

Where is Cockney spoken?

1. Manchester
2. Liverpool
3. London
4. Dublin

Which is written in British spelling?

1. Colour, flavour, metre, centre
2. Color, flavor, meter, center
3. Couleur, saveur, metré, centre

How many symbols were in the longest place name in Wales?

1. 50
2. 51
3. 64
4. 58

Memory-check: What are topics we talked about the last few lessons?

Writing

You have a friend in the UK who is very interested in coming to the Netherlands. Write an article about the Netherlands that he can read to get some more information. 

Write about:

- The country and why people like to visit it;

- Why the country would be appealing to a lot of people;

- What your opinion is about how things work here;

- What your favourite thing about living here is;

Use about 150 words for your story. When you are finished have a classmate read it and look at each others work. Do you agree on things? Did you want to country after reading about it?